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Automated segmentation of endometrial cancer on MR images using deep learning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Preoperative MR imaging in endometrial cancer patients provides valuable information on local tumor extent, which routinely guides choice of surgical procedure and adjuvant therapy. Furthermore, whole-volume tumor analyses ... -
Automated spectrophotometric bicarbonate analysis in duodenal juice compared to the back titration method
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02-03)Objectives We have recently evaluated a short endoscopic secretin test for exocrine pancreatic function. Bicarbonate concentration in duodenal juice is an important parameter in this test. Measurement of bicarbonate by ... -
Automated splitting into batches for observational biomedical studies with sequential processing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Experimental design usually focuses on the setting where treatments and/or other aspects of interest can be manipulated. However, in observational biomedical studies with sequential processing, the set of available samples ... -
Automatic Estimation of Coronary Blood Flow Velocity Step 1 for Developing a Tool to Diagnose Patients With Micro-Vascular Angina Pectoris
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01-22)Aim: Our aim was to automatically estimate the blood velocity in coronary arteries using cine X-ray angiographic sequence. Estimating the coronary blood velocity is a key approach in investigating patients with angina ... -
Autonomy conquers all: a thematic analysis of nurses’ professional judgement encountering resistance to care from home-dwelling persons with dementia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Adequate care support from home health care nurses is needed to meet the needs of an increasing number of home-dwelling persons with dementia and those who resist care. The decisions nurses make in home health ... -
The autonomy of different aspects of Sjögren´s syndrome and their treatment in an experimental model: the use of comprehensive biomarker analyses to characterize the disease and the effect of heat-shock proteins in treatment intervention
(Doctoral thesis, 2008-06-20)Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a systemic rheumatic disease, in which the salivary and lacrimal glands are the principal targets of a pathological autoimmune reaction. Clinically, SS is manifested by keratoconjunctivitis sicca ... -
Autotaxin activity predicts transplant-free survival in primary sclerosing cholangitis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06-11)Autotaxin has been associated with liver disease severity and transplant-free survival. This study aimed to validate autotaxin as a biomarker in two cohorts of Norwegian large-duct PSC patients, one discovery panel (n=165) ... -
Autotransplantasjon og kjeveortopedisk behandling - en undersøkelse av behandlingsresultater ved Odontologisk Universitetsklinikk
(Master thesis, 2012-01-26)Mål: Å etterundersøke pasienter med agenesi eller tanntap som følge av traume som hadde fått utført autotransplantasjon av premolarer før kjeveortopedisk behandling. Material og metode: Fra 1979 til 2012 ble 17 premolarer ... -
Autotransplantasjoner - en retrospektiv studie av 75 transplanterte tenner
(Master thesis, 2012-01-25)Denne retrospektive studien rapporterer og evaluerer 75 autotransplantasjoner utført i perioden juni 2001 - september 2011 ved Seksjon for Oral Kirurgi og Oral Medisin ved Odontologisk Universitetsklinikk, UiB. Alle ... -
Autozygosity mapping and time-to-spontaneous delivery in Norwegian parent-offspring trios
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Parental genetic relatedness may lead to adverse health and fitness outcomes in the offspring. However, the degree to which it affects human delivery timing is unknown. We use genotype data from ≃25 000 parent-offspring ... -
Auxilin is a novel susceptibility gene for congenital heart block which directly impacts fetal heart function
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Objective: Neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE) may develop after transplacental transfer of maternal autoantibodies with cardiac manifestations (congenital heart block, CHB) including atrioventricular block, atrial and ... -
Availability and access in modern obstetric care: a retrospective population-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)Objective: To assess the availability of obstetric institutions, the risk of unplanned delivery outside an institution and maternal morbidity in a national setting in which the number of institutions declined from 95 to ... -
Availability and analytical quality of hemoglobin A1c point-of-care testing in general practitioners’ offices are associated with better glycemic control in type 2 diabetes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Background: It is not clear if point-of-care (POC) testing for hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is associated with glycemic control in type 2 diabetes. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we linked general practitioner (GP) ... -
Availability of extended-release naltrexone may increase the number of opioid-dependent individuals in treatment: Extension of a randomized clinical trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background and objective: Opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) is highly available in Norway, but only 50% of opioid-dependent individuals are enrolled in such programs. This study was aimed at examining if availability of ... -
Avgjørelser i klinikken - en praxeologisk studie om myndighet mellom leger og sykepleiere i en ortopedisk klinikk ved et norsk sykehus, og om forholdet mellom evidensbasert og erfaringsbasert kunnskap som forskrift for medisinske avgjørelser
(Master thesis, 2020-07-01)Studien har til hensikt å beskrive, forstå og forklare hva som ligger bak avgjørelser som blir tatt i det medisinske feltet som gjelder pasientbehandling. Temaet er avgrenset til anestesimetode og postoperativ smertelindring ... -
Avoidance of dental appointment due to cost and consequences for oral health-related quality of life: 25-yr follow-up of Swedish adults
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)We explored how socio-demographic and personal characteristics contribute to avoidance of dental appointment due to cost over time from age 55 (in 1997) to 75 (in 2017) and assessed the implications for oral health-related ... -
Avoiding 40% of the premature deaths in each country, 2010-30: Review of national mortality trends to help quantify the UN Sustainable Development Goal for health
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-09-18)Background. The UN will formulate ambitious Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, including one for health. Feasible goals with some quantifiable, measurable targets can influence governments. We propose, as a quantitative ... -
Avoiding organelle mutational meltdown across eukaryotes with or without a germline bottleneck
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and plastid DNA (ptDNA) encode vital bioenergetic apparatus, and mutations in these organelle DNA (oDNA) molecules can be devastating. In the germline of several animals, a genetic “bottleneck” ... -
Avviksregistrering, prosedyrer og dokumentasjon. Sammenheng eller motsetninger?
(Master thesis, 2015-06-14)Background: Adverse events are an important issue that gives consequences for all involved parts. Nationally several changes have been made in order to try to reduce the number of adverse events. The challenge is to find ... -
Awareness and knowledge of dental erosion among Yemeni dental professionals and students
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-10-08)Background: This study explored Yemeni dentists’ and dental students’ knowledge about the associated factors, approaches to diagnosis and preventive methods of dental erosion (DE), as well as any associations between DE ...